Electric two-wheelers occupy an interesting space in 2018. Insufficient to replace motorcycles for long-distance touring, with all due respect for riders like Ben Rich and his cross-country trips, but with a rising urban demographic, they increasingly wrap the future...

Fires in electric vehicles are rare but not unheard of occurrences. So far, the thousands of electric scooters zipping around US streets as part of scooter share programs have been spared. But Lime just announced that certain Lime electric scooters have caught on...

DS Automobiles is taking a step into the present with a new commitment to the ever-ambiguous fully ‘electrified’ lineup by 2025. DS Automobiles’ CEO Yves Bonnefort took to Twitter to reinforce the company’s push into electric vehicles from the...

The United States wind energy industry installed a total of 612 megawatts (MW) of new capacity in the third quarter, according to the most recent figures from the American Wind Energy Association published Tuesday, paving the way for 7 states to double their capacity...

Elon Musk tweets out the news in response to an awesome video (below). Summon mode is a pretty handy feature for Tesla owners. Besides helping them create fun Halloween videos, it can aid parking the vehicle extra close to a wall or even extricate it from a...

The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) and the US Army Research Laboratory in Aberdeen are collaborating to launch the Advanced Manufacturing, Materials, and Processes (AMMP) program. The new program is intended to support US manufacturers with their...

Elon Musk has been promising some major improvements to Tesla Autopilot’s Summon feature, and now he has now released some new details. The CEO now claims that the next-gen Summon feature will be able to navigate parking lots of its own, find a parking spot and even...

Is GM pushing EVs while undermining overall MPG targets? General Motors last week called for a nationwide zero-emissions vehicle credit system. The proposal was made in response to the Trump administration’s plan to freeze vehicle efficiency standards. The Union of...

Australian energy company Origin Energy announced earlier this week that, in partnership with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, it intends to assess the feasibility of expanding the Shoalhaven Pumped Hydro Scheme by nearly double from its existing 240 MW to a...

Mods make a difference The Tesla Model 3, according to the many, many reviews out there, is a pretty great car to drive. But what happens if you throw some modifications at it? Can the experience be improved upon, or is the Model 3 aftermarket a waste of cash? To...

Seven U.S. states will soon build enough wind turbines to more than double their wind capacity, according to the American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) newly released U.S. Wind Industry Third Quarter 2018 Market Report. View Entire Article on...

Electric vehicles enable owners to have more choices for the sources of energy to power their vehicles. EV owners have been known to adopt solar power at a higher rate than the rest of the popular. Some of them even want solar directly on their vehicles – even though...

When consumers feel more confident about their own financial situation and about the economy they tend to be more optimistic and spend more. However, in recent times consumers are not feeling optimistic, as tracked by the GfK consumer confidence monthly report. With...

There are only 16 countries that have currently set domestic targets for reducing their greenhouse gas emissions that are ambitious enough to be considered in line with their pledged contributions to the Paris Agreement, according to new research published this week...

Check out this Chevrolet Bolt EV panel van. Leave it to the SEMA show for automakers to reimagine vehicles such as this. The 2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV as a panel van? Why yes, of course. We should actually be asking, “why the heck not.” Anything to draw eyes to EVs and...

Mahindra Racing boss Dilbagh Gill says his team “didn’t know how to win a championship” in Formula E’s fourth season, where its title bid was thwarted by several issues. The Indian manufacturer led the 2017/18 teams’ championship after Felix Rosenqvist won the second...

The official Snow Joe eBay outlet store offers its SPX3000 14.5A Electric Pressure Washer for $110 shipped. Regularly $149 at retailers like Amazon, this deal is $9 less than our previous mention and the best price available by $30. Sun Joe’s Electric Pressure washer...

How about another record-breaking month? October 2018 will mark the 37th month of consecutive year-over-year monthly sales gains for plug-in vehicles. Each month InsideEVs tracks all the plug-in EV sales/deliveries for the United States by automaker. The 2018 calendar...

The recently released Small Hydropower in the United States report provides an update on the status of small hydro (less than 10 MW) in the U.S., which it says makes up most of the “limited development of new hydropower … in the last decade.” View Entire Article on...

Tesla is now #1 even in the automotive group rankings. According to the latest comparison released by the EV Sales Blog, Tesla becomes the biggest manufacturer of electric cars among all automotive groups (even counting PHEVs). That’s an improvement compared to second...

The Tesla Model X is 23% more efficient than the Jaguar I-PACE according to German YouTube channel NextMove. That makes the Model X the preferred electric car choice for long distance travel. View Entire Article on...

ICON, a restomod company based in Los Angeles, and Stealth EV, a company specializing in electric car conversions, unveiled a new EV conversion at SEMA today: a 1949 Mercury coupe with a Tesla battery pack. more… The post 1949 Mercury coupe goes electric with a Tesla...

Ford EVs on the Volkswagen MEB platform? Volkswagen Group and Ford could form a development and production alliance that would strengthen the competitiveness of both manufacturers, at least in certain market segments. Media speculates that besides areas like light...

A second Tesla owner is suing the company over an Autopilot crash. Recycled bottles could make good roads. Hot Wheels launches its own Tesla ‘Starman’ Roadster. Our Twitter followers weigh in on how soon all new cars could be electric. All this and more on...